Governor David Paterson has proposed $620 million in additional state savings and asked Albany lawmakers to take up his proposed budget Wednesday by using a simple up-or-down vote.

The additional cuts were needed as the state's deficit has ballooned to $9.2 billion. A balanced budget for the state's upcoming fiscal year is already 27 days overdue.

Speaking at the State Capitol Tuesday, Paterson said $100 million in savings came from suggestions given from state legislators, but said that lawmakers need the resolve to make additional cuts and solve the budget issue to allow Albany to "move on" with governing.

"I am asking the Legislature when they convene tomorrow to pass my budget... simply on an up-or-down vote. Time is of the essence," said Paterson. "All of us need to be aware, the quicker we pass this budget, the sooner or faster we can begin to recover from our economic situation."

The budget proposal also reduces the state workforce by $250 million, but the governor said an agreement with the unions is so elusive that he suggested instituting a one-day worker furlough for each week the state does not have a balanced budget.

If the state Legislature does not pass Paterson's budget Wednesday, the governor requested that state lawmakers work five days a week instead of three until a balanced budget is passed.

"I have been unable to secure any agreement from any of the public unions as to how to come up with this $250 million," Paterson said.

The governor’s office says the furlough would not include public safety or healthcare workers.

Meanwhile, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says the governor doesn’t need the legislature to make state workforce decisions.

In a one word press release, the president of the state’s civil service employees union called the plan "Nuts."

Assembly Democrats are touting Lieutenant Richard Ravitch's five-year budget plan, which allows the state to do some limited short-term borrowing to help cover costs.

The governor said today that his proposal is better since it does not allow additional borrowing.

Also at issue is a property tax relief plan, which senate Democrats say must be included.

“Without a property tax relief piece in there I don’t think he’ll see it move past our conference," said Senate President Pro Tem Malcolm Smith.

Albany has already passed a fourth round of emergency extender bills to allow the state government to run without a balanced budget.

Paterson has already delayed payment to schools, denied a 4 percent wage increase to state workers and temporarily suspended state capital construction projects.

Meanwhile, tensions were high in Albany as several state senators dealt with angry outbursts from the public and from one of their own Tuesday.

State Senator Kevin Parker clashed with Senator John DeFrancisco during a senate finance committee meeting.

Parker started yelling and pounding the table, calling DeFrancisco a racist.

Also in the capitol, angry protestors stormed Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada's office demanding his resignation.

Some of the protestors were from pro-tenant housing rights groups like Housing Here and Now.

"He's unfair to his tenants, to his constituents in his district, there's a lot of dilapidated buildings in his district and he's for the landlords, they're not fixing up their buildings," said one protestor.

New York State Troopers and members of the State Senate security staff tried to remove them from the building.

Espada was in his office during the protest.